Windows is already heavily pirated. If Microsoft dropped activation, pirating would increase even more. The reason Apple can get away with activation-less OSs is because they make more money on the hardware anyway. Even if you pirate leopard, you still bought the Mac you are putting it on. Microsoft doesn't sell the computer to you, only the OS. They have to protect themselves somehow.
Maybe their implementation is bad, but for them it is a necessary evil.
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Well, it's another step in the right direction.
Next up, Windows sans activation.
Ignorant.
Windows is already heavily pirated. If Microsoft dropped activation, pirating would increase even more. The reason Apple can get away with activation-less OSs is because they make more money on the hardware anyway. Even if you pirate leopard, you still bought the Mac you are putting it on. Microsoft doesn't sell the computer to you, only the OS. They have to protect themselves somehow.
Maybe their implementation is bad, but for them it is a necessary evil.
How would pirating increase? Give me about 2 minutes and I'll give you a volume license key for every widely-used windows OS that will pass WGA.
So...It's a lot like DRM'd music, isn't it? Sure, it's there, but anyone can crack it, and it isn't stopping anyone.